— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The number of DDoS attacks increased by 84% in the first quarter of 2019 compared to Q4 2018, according to new research from Kaspersky Lab. A DDoS cyberattack (distributed denial of service) is an attack that attempts to make an online service…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Japan’s financial regulators are considering enacting new rules aimed at bitcoin exchanges as it steps up anti-money laundering countermeasures. This issue will also be raised at the forthcoming G20 Summit, which takes place in Osaka on June 28 and 29. Specifically, the Financial…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News WhatsApp, which is used by 1.5 billion people worldwide, discovered in early May that attackers were able to install surveillance software on to both iPhones and Android phones by ringing up targets using the app’s phone call function. The Financial Times identified…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The new Counter Corruption Unit began work earlier this month and will proactively pursue those suspected of corrupt activity in prison and probation services across England and Wales. Working closely with law enforcement agencies, these specialist staff will investigate and disrupt criminality,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has agreed to delay Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment hearing until October, bowing to months of pressure from the latter’s legal team. Mandelblit announced today that the hearing will now be held on 2 and 3 October,…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC) in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) and XLRI – Xavier School of Management recently conducted a Discussion Forum on ‘Practice of Business Ethics in Business Management in the 21st Century’ in Mumbai. The forum titled “Business Management…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News In the oil, gas, and mining industries, the temptation to pay a bribe can be strong. Multinational companies that dominate these industries typically agree to pay host countries for the extraction of natural resources, which involves acquiring licenses and setting up agreements…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News We’ve all seen the reports of criminals carrying bags of money into casinos or buying luxury cars with stacks of neatly bundled bills. If real estate is the third part of this story, many may wonder just who exactly are B.C. realtors…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News A year has lapsed since the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition created history by ditching the incumbent Barisan Nasional government for the very first time in 61 years. May 10, 2018 was the day Malaysians can never forget. It was the dawn of…
— Anti-Corruption News Story Curated by Anti-Corruption Digest International Risk & Compliance News The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is also due to inspect Japan’s anti-money laundering regime in the Autumn. According to media outlet Nikkei, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA) is desperate for a good review from the FATF. Japan received the lowest possible rating…